Wednesday 9 January 2013

A Crust Fungus

Saw this today and I have seen similar before on fallen branches in the Serpentine Walk in Largo and initially thought that it was a lichen, but now think that it is a crust fungus. Not sure about the identification but possibly it is netted crust fungus Byssomerulius corium.
Crust fungi have fruiting bodies that are more or less flat and closely adherent to the surface of the decaying branch or other woody debris on which they occur.

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